Best sports sayings/quotes…

[JonathanW]

What do you nominate?
(and who said it first, if you know)

 

[storm1507]

Do you believe in miracles?!!

 

[Glenn's take]

You lose this game and you'll take it to your ******* grave.
Herb Brooks

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

What is Magloire doing!
Billy Packer

 

[M4CAT]

 

[UK82]

Anything by Yogi Berra.

 

[PickSixKing]

"Don't know. Haven't seen him"

- John Calipari

 

[Deeeefense]

It ain't over til it's over - Yogi

 

[Lexie's Dad]

Let's do it for America. And Grampa Wolfhouse. And Landfill.

 

[roguemocha]

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!”

-You Know Who

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

"I can't, motherf*cker!"

 

[J_Dee]

All right, you ragtag bunch of misfits! You hate me, and I hate you even more. But without my beloved ringers, you're all I've got. So I want you to remember some inspiring words that someone else might have told you over the course of your lives, and go out there and win!

 

[berniecarbo]

The fight is won in the gym and out on the road long before I dance under those lights. Muhammad Ali.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

 

[TheBlueCat]

 

[JDHoss]

"That's 50" - Jodie Meeks telling UT players after making the first of two FT...

 

[BMoore2]

“And he wwwekkked it.” Rich Eisen

 

[JonathanW]

“Hit’em where they ain’t”
I thought from Yogi, but looks like from Wee Willie Keller

And…
“To be the man, you got to beat the man” wooooo Rick Flair (I know not a real sport but applicable to sports)

 

[LineSkiCat14]

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott.

"The best ability is availability" - various analysts over time.
I particularly love this one because a player's ability to actually be ON the court/field is so overlooked. It matters in GOAT debates, it matters in which players have value, it even is a huge factor in fantasy sports.

There's a lot of others I have, but I realize they are sports MOVIE quotes.. so we can save that for another thread.

 

[CB3UK]

 

[Rebelfreedomeagle]

 

[vhcat70]

Win one for the Gipper.

 

[vhcat70]

Pete Rose: "I never bet on baseball."

 

[vhcat70]

Henry Jordan on Lombardi about race: "He didn't discriminate, he treated us all like dogs."

 

[vhcat70]

Cawood: "Still picks up the fumble and is running for the goal ! LSU players are trying to chase him down but I don't know what they think they're going to do if they catch him."

 

[rick64]

Maybe. Yes sir!!! - Verne Lundquist

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

“Touchdown Kentucky!!”

 

[Lamar Card]

 

[Lamar Card]

 

[vhcat70]

Whoa, Nellie !

 

[vhcat70]

For those of you who have gone down the glory road with me, my eternal thanks.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Violent cuts
Drive to the nail
Guard your yard
He’s got soft paws

 

[blubo]

“we gonna get shit right”—deandre liggins

 

[Louis_Skunt]

Tina, you fat lard. Come eat your dinner.

 

[rbs]

“Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” … “I might have been given a bad break, but I have an awful lot to live for.”

 

[Glenn's take]

Have another doughnut.

 

[AustinTXCat]

“Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.”

– Woody Hayes

 

[WildcatFan1982]

‘No’ - Dikembe Mitumbo

 

[Marine_In_VA]

Call me

 

[vhcat70]

“Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.”

– Woody Hayes

And here I thought he was the basis of "Three yards & a cloud of dust".